Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Ron Satlof

Writers:

Erle Stanley Gardner (characters)
Dean Hargrove (story) ...

Release Date:

23 February 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

An old flame of Mason's is one of those being considered to fill a vacated government position. Now...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Courtroom | Sequel | Perry Mason | Character Name In Title

Cast

Raymond Burr	...	Perry Mason
Barbara Hale	...	Della Street
William Katt	...	Paul Drake Jr.
Jean Simmons	...	Laura Robertson
Robert Mandan	...	Dr. Michaels
Robert Walden	...	Robert Lane
Stephen Elliott	...	Elliot Moore
Robert F. Lyons	...	Pete Dickson
Gordon Jump	...	Arthur
Jonathan Banks	...	Luke Dickson
Stephanie Dunnam	...	Jennifer Parker
Leslie Wing
Gene Barry	...	Glenn Robertson
David Ogden Stiers	...	D.A. Michael Reston
Lucien Berrier

Runtime:

Spain:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Denver, Colorado, USA

Company:

Fred Silverman Company

Movie Connections:

Followed by Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987) (TV)

My Old Flame

In The Case Of The Lost Love we find that Perry Mason indeed had an old flame, another attorney in the person of Jean Simmons. Simmons has become quite successful and is even now having her name bandied about with speculation she might get a temporary U.S. Senate appointment from the governor.

But the publicity surrounding her appointment has led a blackmailing private detective, Jonathan Banks, to demand some hush money. It seems like he stole her medical records from years earlier when she was in a mental facility. Stuff like that is what got Thomas Eagleton tossed off the Democratic ticket in 1972.

When husband Gene Barry goes to meet Banks with a pre-arranged rendezvous he finds Banks dead and no incriminating medical records. When Barry is arrested for the homicide, it's Perry who offers to defend the husband of his old flame.

There are quite a few of the usual red herring suspects, but the ending is a twist that might surprise viewers who expect things to go a certain way in a Perry Mason story.

The Case of the Lost Love is one of the most original and best of the Perry Mason films. Helped in no small part with the presence of Jean Simmons who back in the day seemed like she was in every good movie of the 1950s.

She's reason enough to see The Case of the Lost Love.